Teddy Bridgewater is offcially inactive for Minnesota's game against Green Bay. (USATSI)
Teddy Bridgewater is offcially inactive for Minnesota's game against Green Bay. (USATSI)

Here are the inactive players for the Week 5 Thursday night NFC North showdown between the Vikings and Packers.  As we previously mentioned, the Vikings won't have Teddy Bridgwater, which means Christian Ponder will be making his first start since December 2013.

Vikings inactives: QB Teddy Bridgewater, LB Chad Greenway, LB Brandon Watts, TE Kyle Rudolph, OL David Yankey, OL Austin Wentworth, DE Scott Crichton.

Packers inactives: WR Jarrett Boykin, QB Scott Tolzien, CB Demetri Goodson, LB Carl Bradford, LB Sam Barrington, C Garth Gerhart, DL Josh Boyd.